Stacker examined historical documentation to explore Juneteenth's history and significance and to confute the most egregious ...

In May 2025, the Minnesota Prisoner Workers Organizing Committee held a significant rally at the state capitol, demanding an end to forced labor in t ...

Juneteenth memorialized the official emancipation of enslaved people in Texas on June 19, 1865 when General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas announcing the Emancipation Proclamation. The ...

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The director asked for a guarantee from city staff she would be able to set salaries for Civil Right Commission staff.

This is another reference to slavery, which was ended by the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment. The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in ...

Judy Tydor Baumel-Schwartz is director of the Schulmann School of Basic Jewish Studies and professor of Jewish History at Bar Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel. She is the author of, among ...

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Ann Marimow writes about the Supreme Court for The Washington Post. She previously covered state government and politics at the San Jose Mercury News in California and the Concord Monitor in New ...